Casu marzu: The world’s ‘most dangerous’ cheese
It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island ...
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Maggots Can “Taste” Texture—And That’s Why They Prefer Rotting Food
The researchers observed that the maggots consistently preferred the rotten fruit over the fresh one. This behavior suggested ...
CNN4 天
Casu marzu: The world’s ‘most dangerous’ cheese
Maggots hatch, making their way through the paste, digesting proteins in the process, and transforming the product into a soft creamy cheese. Then the cheesemonger cracks open the top – which is ...
WUNC11 天
Maggots associate the texture of a food with how tasty it is, research shows
KOMAROV: In the maggot, what was thought to be an exclusively ... healthy or otherwise, to make them more palatable. The research is published in PLOS Biology. For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.
Science Daily11 天
Why maggots love the texture of decaying fruit
The new study addressed this issue in fruit fly larvae, commonly called maggots, because of the simplicity of their nervous system and the available genetic tools. The researchers established that ...
Jefferson Public Radio10 天
Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...
Boise State Public Radio11 天
Maggots associate the texture of a food with how tasty it is, research shows
Some creatures — like maggots — love to feed on decaying fruit. New research shows that they associate the texture of food with how tasty it is, too. So how did researchers figure that out?